Every workday, about 5,500 people come to Glens Falls North for work
Most working residents leave Glens Falls North for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Queensbury (23%), Glens Falls (16%) and Saratoga Springs (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.
What kind of work town is Glens Falls North?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
About 18 minutes each way, quicker than most of New York
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Glens Falls North workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
16% of Glens Falls North works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Glens Falls (16%). Darker towns draw more of Glens Falls North’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Where Glens Falls North’s workers come from
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Glens Falls North clocks in
23% of workers
16% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Glens Falls North fills up on a workday
On a workday 3,316 residents head out to work, 413 work right here, and 5,460 people come in from elsewhere.
About 11,000 people are in Glens Falls North on a workday afternoon, 23% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Half of Glens Falls North commutes less than 11 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 18% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
What the 5,873 jobs in Glens Falls North are
5,873 jobs are based in Glens Falls North. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Glens Falls North’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Glens Falls North, 2013 → 2023: 6,429 → 5,873. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Every worker, home to work. The Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.
- Where the employer says. A job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.
- Two surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
- Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
More of Glens Falls North
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Glens Falls North, from the people who make the trip.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.